We survived BEA, so onward to ALA annual in New Orleans! But first, don't leave home without a show floor strategy. Key vendors aside, I bet you wish you knew more about books beyond K–12. To that end, see Barbara Hoffert's inaugural ALA Galley & Author Signing Guide. Another must-read: John Klima's second collection development article on steampunk, with YA crossover à la Angelina Benedetti. More later; time to take my preconference vitamins.—Heather McCormack

Barbara Hoffert's ALA Galley & Author Signing Guide 2011
It's June, and that means ALA annual. For the first time ever, Prepub Alert Editor Barbara Hoffert points you to the galleys to grab and the authors to meet, by aisle and publisher. more >>>

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Steampunk: 13 Titles To Update Your Collections
Steampunk has exploded in fashion, art, music, conventions, and literature. Stock your library with subject expert John Klima's baker's dozen, and you'll feed hungry fans and grow new ones. more >>>

Memoir Short Takes: The Art of Recovery
Therese Purcell Nielsen rounds up recovery memoirs ranging over topics like fear of a life-threatening disease and how to refine oneself without the bottle. more >>>

The Word on Street Lit: Silhouettes, Flavor Flav & Ice-T
Rollie Welch sizes up street-lit-steeped memoirs by Flavor Flav and Ice-T, plus a standout coming-of-age tale from the pseudonymous Silhouettes about an angry urban teenager. more >>>

35 Going on 13: What I Did for Love
Angelina Benedetti showcases summer reading with a particular sizzle: novels featuring young people who have been asked to do extraordinary things in the name of love. more >>>

Starred Reviews: June 2011
June 2011 brings 82 starred reviews from our two issues and Xpress Reviews. If you're not one for outdoor summer pursuits, you'll be in good company with the many DIY books featured here. Fall fiction won't stop either. more >>>

Graphic Novels Prepub Alert: Jane Austen, Jim Henson & MetaMaus
Martha Cornog previews October's ample riches, from an adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma to a behind-the-scenes companion to Art Spiegelman's Maus. more >>>

Top 20 Holds from Kitsap (WA) Regional Library
In Kitsap County, WA—a semirural county just across Puget Sound from Seattle that includes two Navy bases—thrillers share space with two World War II histories. more >>>

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